Screen and Cultural Studies (GD-ARTS_SPEC_27)

Overview

Screen and Cultural Studies embraces a range of theories, methodologies and areas formerly taught by Cinema Studies and Cultural Studies. The combined program covers the fields of film and popular media; screen histories; Australian, Hollywood, Art House and Asian cinemas; everyday life; television and entertainment; ethnographic and documentary cinema; computer games; the internet and representation of global cultures. Theories include film and screen aesthetics; identity and gender; sexuality and spectatorship; narrative structures and class ideologies. Students encounter a variety of screen media, net-based and popular cultures in order to consider their histories, significance and theories that help make sense of how they relate to power, commerce and lived culture today. Through innovative teaching, students in Screen and Cultural Studies encounter new ways of interpreting and analysing contemporary screen media and culture. Academic staff in the discipline are specialists in screen cultures and media histories; entertainment cultures; gender and sexuality; postcolonialism; European and Asian cinemas; cultural policy; and media archaeology.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this specialisation, students should be able to:

Develop broad critical knowledge about the domains of screen and cultural studies
Acquire competency in key concepts developed in the disciplines of screen and cultural studies
Develop the confidence to produce conceptually and empirically informed accounts of screen and contemporary culture
Develop analytical and creative skills in relation to screen and cultural studies.

Last updated: 27 August 2024

Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
two core subjects (25 points)
elective subjects (62.5 points)

Total 100 points

Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level

Subject Options

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
CICU30012	Creating Screen and Cultural Worlds	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Core Subjects

25 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
CULS40011	Cultural Studies Now	Not available in 2024	12.5
SCRN40002	Screen Theory, Style & Spectators	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN40009	Screen Media and Political Aesthetics	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Elective Subjects

62.5 points

Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
CULS10005	Culture, Identity and Everyday Life	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CULS20014	Consumer Culture, Media and Lifestyle	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CULS20016	Media Histories	Not available in 2024	12.5
CULS20017	Gender and Contemporary Culture	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CULS20018	Popular Culture: From K-pop to Selfies	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
CULS30004	Thinking Sex	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CULS30005	City Cultures, Urban Ecologies	Not available in 2024	12.5
CULS30006	Global Cultures	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN10001	Introduction to Screen Studies	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN20011	Hollywood and Entertainment	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN20013	Australian Film and Television	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN30001	Art Cinema and the Love Story	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN30004	Film Noir: History and Sexuality	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN30005	The Environmental Screenscape	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication

Last updated: 27 August 2024

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